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What better way to buy gas, get groceries,
go out to lunch and never forget my Notes id password. Forget all
about Smartcards when you can have the new smart-arm. (yes this is a sarcastic
posting)
Radio frequency
identification tags aren't just for pallets of goods in supermarkets anymore.
Applied
Digital Solutions of Palm
Beach, Fla., is hoping that Americans can be persuaded to implant RFID
chips under their skin to identify themselves when going to a cash machine
or in place of using a credit card. The surgical procedure, which is performed
with local anesthetic, embeds a 12-by-2.1mm RFID tag in the flesh of a
human arm.
What scares me more is identity theft with
this device, not with someone cutting off your hand and using it to go
to the ATM and gas station.
Links to more on the story can be found
here
and here
and here
(this is actually a discount coupon link from the manufacturer)
After reading more I came across this little
tidbit of information about the company
ADS shares have slid
from a high of about US$12 in 2000 to 40 cents, and the company is now
fighting to stay listed on the Nasdaq. "Our common stock did not regain
the minimum bid price requirement and on Oct. 28, 2003, the Nasdaq Stock
Market informed us by letter that our securities would be delisted from
the SmallCap," ADS said in a Nov. 14 filing with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission. The company also warned that its implantable microchips
are manufactured solely by Raytheon without a "formal written agreement,"
and any price increases or supply disruptions would have serious negative
consequences.
Yeah I see this idea took off now didn't
it?
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On Wednesday, November 26th, 2003 by Chris Miller
